L
\ˈɛl], \ˈɛl], \ˈɛ_l]\
Definitions of L
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
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a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
By Princeton University
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the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
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a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
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An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing.
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A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
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Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an L beam, or L-beam.
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An elevated road; as, to ride on the L.
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Elevated; - a symbol for el. as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad.
By Oddity Software
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An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing.
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A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
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An elevated road; as, to ride on the L.
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is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid.
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As a numeral, stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
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Having the general shape of the (capital) letter L; as, an beam, or L-beam.
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Elevated; - a symbol for el. as an abbreviation of elevated in elevated road or railroad.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The twelfth letter in the English alphabet.
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Something, as the wing of a house, having or making the form of an L; an ell.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, is denominated a liquid semivowel or imperfect articulation, and has only one sound, as in like, canal. In words terminating in le, the e is silent, and I forms a syllable by itself, as in able, eagle, pronounced abl, egl. As a numeral, L stands for 50, and with a dash over it, 50,000. It also stands for libra, a pound in money, and lb. a pound in weight.
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